AniLMT

Hello all! I was accepted but deferred until next year, so I never got a financial aid estimate from Hopkins. Comparable schools (Penn and Columbia) gave me a pretty dismal package--about $90,000 in fed. loans and another $20,000 to come up with out ...

I was accepted to all of the BSN/MSN FNP programs I applied to this year--three of them among the most selective in the country. My thinking was, if you're smart enough to get in, and have high financial need, they'll do whatever they can to keep you...

Thank you all!!!! You've no idea how encouraging it is to hear that. I want to go with the ADN because intuitively it feels like I'll be getting a good foundation without having to sign my life over in blood for my education. I am a self-starter, and...

I was invited to interview via telephone for the FNP track, but I actually decided to decline the invitation. I've already accepted an offer from another school and as much as I'd love to attend UIC, I feel there is a disadvantage that this program d...

Hi all! I also applied for FNP, and was surprised to visit the forum and see that anyone applying for the GEP has received invitations to interview this early! UIC must really be on top of things, because it took months for other schools to get this ...

Just looking for some cheering up... Tonight I went back and read my first post on this website from 2009. I had just transferred to a 4-year college and my GPA was terrible and I had very little healthcare experience, but I did have a dream of somed...

I am looking for advice from current students and alumni, especially of the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University BSN/MSN Family Nurse Practitioner programs to share their experience on taking out private alternative loans and how y...

I just wanted to check my interpretation of the guidelines--I'm a direct-entry BSN to MSN student, and it looks as though I'm not eligible because of that. Does anyone know if that's correct? Any past scholarship winners here know the answer? Much a...

When I got my first acceptance I was sitting in a coffee shop. A professor from the college where I did my first undergrad degree was sitting a few seats away. I opened the email and started crying, then laughing, and shaking so hard it could have be...

Thanks so much, Marina! I will take you up on that :)

Or, were you not talking about JHU? (I just checked the UCSF website and saw that they don't offer a BS in nursing OR a BSN as part of the MEPN program, so hopefully I just misunderstood).

Weird. I just picked up the phone and called admissions at JHU--the man I spoke with assured me that there's no difference between a BSN and a BS with a major in nursing...are they really misleading folks?

Woah--what is the difference between the BS with a nursing major and BSN? I can't believe I overlooked that. Feeling very, very, very stupid right now. I thought they were the same?

Yeah, the expenses--including tuition--that UPenn listed on my financial aid package amounted to $130k!! Oh. My. Goodness!!! The grant *did* bring it down, for me it actually dropped the cost below that of Hopkins, *if* Hopkins doesn't offer any gran...

Awesome :) thanks for giving me some hope--it was going to be a long night staying up stressing! Gonna give them a call in the morning!

Hello all, I just received an email (weird--I thought we got phone calls) that I was accepted to the BSN portion of the program, but wait listed for the MSN FNP program. JHU is my first choice because of the school of public health and the Center fo...

I was just accepted to my dream school (UPenn) for the FNP program. My life's ambition is to work with Indian Health Services in the border region, and I've been working hard towards this goal for most of my undergraduate career. Due to a plethora o...

Recently those of us accepted to UPenn got a HUGE shock when we received our financial aid packages...it's very, very, very unlikely I'll be able to go, as I would have to take out gigantic loans for the BSN portion alone. Any idea what to expect fro...

That's a really good question! I've been wondering as well. I've been told to put "second degree" wherever possible, and I think we're still considered bachelor degree students during the first year of the program, but I wrote to a financial aid coun...

Two questions... 1. Are you supposed to apply for the IHS loan repayment program while you're still in school? I'm pre-nursing; just got accepted to a BSN/MSN FNP program. 2. What's the best way to demonstrate my interest in working with IHS and Ame...

Has anyone received a phone call/rejection letter in the past few days? Wondering if they're still coming in, or if I should expect the skinny envelope in the mail any day I'm kind of surprised...got accepted to some other good programs, but would h...

Some of the other programs I've looked at also have a much higher cost for the first Summer semester of the program, and I have no idea why. Of course, none of them were THAT expensive. It is pretty crazy. Yikes. Let us know what he says!

Per course unit?! I was under the impression it was for the entire summer, too. Some of the examples of financial aid awards on the website are scary--people left with $19,000 per year after their award? Oh my goodness. I'm of the opinion that if the...

njprisonrn: yup, i've been a massage therapist since '06 :) we should trade if you end up in philly! yeah--i think i'm going to ask around and hopefully get some advice about what's outlandish vs. reasonable with this economy. i already have about $2...

Awesome! Thank you all for your help--and good luck NJprisonRN--I'm attending the Accelerated BSN to MSN FNP program, so I'll be a year behind you! This is probably why you haven't had to think about financial aid yet--the deadline is likely differen...